Some of us never grow up, but this is truly bizzare

Ron Czapala

http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/toddler-20-years-old-forever-young-due-baffling-175300753.html

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"Toddler" is 20 Years Old, and Forever Young, Due to Baffling Medical Condition

Brooke Greenberg may be 20 years old, but she remains forever trapped inside the body and mind of a toddler, due to a mystery medical condition that has baffled medical experts for years.

"From age one to four, Brooke changed. She got a little bit bigger," explained her father, Howard, during the family's appearance on Thursday's "Katie" with Katie Couric. "But age four, four to five, she stopped."

Since then, Brooke's height and weight of 16 pounds and 20 inches have remained a constant. She wears diapers, is pushed in a stroller, gets fed through a feeding tube due to a too-small esophagus, and communicates like an infant would, estimates her mother Melanie.

"Like 6 months," she explained on the show. "If she's happy, she'll giggle and laugh."

Doctors have told Melanie and Howard, who live in Maryland, that there is no other known case like Brooke's in the world. And at least one medical expert believes that Brooke's condition could hold the key to the fountain of youth.

localroger

Ron Czapala wrote: »

and at least one medical expert believes that brooke's condition could hold the key to the fountain of youth.

what could possibly go wrong?

LoopyByteloose

20 years old and still in diapers is not exactly a blessing of youth. An infant often uses as many as 20 diapers per day.

Being perpetually young may not be as wonderful as growing old gracefully.

prof_braino

Growing old gracefully is for old people.